Man City Set Sights on Arsenal Defender in January Transfer Window

Manchester City could be weighing up a head-turning move for a player currently at Arsenal in Ben White.

The defender has made just six appearances so far this season, with just one start in the Premier League.

Transfer specialist Graeme Bailey reports that White is frustrated with his lack of minutes and that, as a result, Manchester City are monitoring his availability.

Bailey (via londonworld.com) told Arsenal Insider: “Ben White, from what I’m told, he is on board. However, there is a source of frustration there, he isn’t going to spend the rest of his career sat on the bench. Let’s not beat around the bush. He’s not one who really wants to go abroad, or not to Saudi at least.

“There is a lot of interest in him on the continent from Atletico Madrid and Juventus. The other one that I’ve heard who are keeping tabs on his situation, because they think he could be a very good fit to them as a right-back is Man City. He’d probably suit their system so it makes sense.

“Arsenal are not going to mess around with this squad. As we saw previously, with the likes of [Jakub] Kiwior, Arsenal are always going to err on the side of caution. I’m not saying he is banging on Arteta’s door right now, but he’s aware of the situation.”

Previous transfer windows have seen players from Arsenal move to City.

Among the players are Emmanuel Adebayor, Gael Clichy, Samir Nasri, David Seaman and Kolo Toure.